All “Soviets” are often considered Russian, and the equivalent is hostile, public opinion researchers said.
As a result of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine, there has been a drastic change in the ideological views of Ukrainian society regarding any markers associated with the aggressor country. There has been a “decommunization” and “de-Russification” of public opinion. This was confirmed by the survey data of the sociological group Rating on Wednesday, May 4th.
“All” Soviet “is often now considered Russian, and the equivalent is hostile.The main reason is the use of Russian propaganda in the war against Soviet symbols and speculations in” common “history past, “the report said.
One of the major changes in historical memory was the reassessment of attitudes towards Victory Day on 9th May. If until 2022 this holiday is considered by the absolute majority (80%) of the adult population as having significant personal symbolism, then this year, for a significant portion of respondents, it moved into the category of remnants of the past (36 %), or daily life (23 %).
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In addition, the symbolism “succeeded” today has been replaced by the symbolism “memory”. Since 2012, there has been a gradual rethinking to this date. But the war in Russia has greatly changed the views of Ukrainians, and now for 80% of respondents it is Memorial Day, and for only 15% it is Victory Day (in 2018 there are 58% of them).
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At the same time, Ukrainians (78%) highly value the contribution of the Ukrainian people to the victory against fascism, and 67% are confident that Ukraine made the largest contribution to the victory against Germany during World War II. Regarding Russia, 23%have such an opinion, Belarus – 24%, other countries of the USSR – 21%. About the allies: 30% of Ukrainians speak about the largest contribution of the United States, 27% of Great Britain.
The survey was conducted on April 27, 2022 throughout Ukraine, except for the territories of Crimea and Donbas temporarily occupied by Russia. Sample population: 1000 respondents. Survey method: CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews – computerized telephone interviews). The error of representation of the study with a probability of confidence of 0.95: no more than 3.1%.
Recall that in Ukraine they can postpone the celebration of Victory Day from May 9 to May 8. The corresponding draft law no. 7297 were already registered in the Verkhovna Rada on April 18.
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Source: korrespondent
